Real-Time
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Seeing
the location of calls, incident and mobile resources
within the context of mapping of the Force’s operational
area is a significant enhancement of the C&C system.
However, it may also be very useful in providing support
to the mobile resources and be of value to other parts of
the organisation.
The
primary function of the Imass Real-Time GIS is to improve
response time. This is achieved by the system’s
users performing simple map interpretation and providing
good quality directions to officers in vehicles or on
foot.
The Imass
Real-Time GIS:
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Helps
the C&C or Control personnel identify the most
appropriate resources to assign to incidents;
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In
conjunction with AVLS / APLS, helps Control personnel
to monitor the progress of resources on-route to an
incident, helps to confirm arrival and provides an
accurate incident location where this is not known;
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In
conjunction with AVLS / APLS, helps Control to prevent
officers (e.g. on routine patrol duty) from
unwittingly impacting / happening on other operations.
A
secondary use of the system is to provide officers on the
ground with valuable information concerning their
immediate surroundings. The supply of this
information relies on good map interpretation skills.
Imass
Real-Time GIS provides a multi-user map-based display
system to provide real-time call, incident and resource
locations to supplement an existing C&C. It may
also be used within a call centre environment or a Police
Enquiry Centre to assist in taking non-emergency calls.
The
product includes a communications interface and protocol
developed to allow a two-way information exchange with the
C&C system. Messaging between the Real-Time GIS
clients and the C&C server allows the display of
symbols and textual information about key items of
interest with real-time on-screen update. It also
allows the user to re-locate an accident using the mapping
facilities and to update the location in the C&C.
Product
features:
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A
communications module for two way messaging between
the Mobilising server and Imass Real-Time GIS client;
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Broadcast
handling module to maintain up to date records for
incidents and resources;
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Initial
entry on mapping supplied by C&C server (where the
C&C can provide an OS grid reference);
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On
screen representation of incident and resource
entities by status;
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Point
and click to display entity details (where the C&C
allows), point and drag to move entity - updates
C&C server (where C&C allows);
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Overlap
rule based to ensure legible data without overlap,
selection criteria for display of entities.
For
more information, please contact Kevin
Gladwin on 0191 213 5555.
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